WEEKLY SUMMARY JANUARY 17, 1975[SANITIZED] - 1975/01/17

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02690167
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 28
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: January 17, 1975

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CONTENTS (January 17, 1975)
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The WELKLY SWAM/WO', p;sued every Friday moining by
the Office of Current Intelligence, report!, and analyze., signif-
icant developments of the week through noon on ThurAlay. t
frequently includes material coordinated with or i)repared by
Pie Off ict: of Economic Research, the Office of Strategic
Research, ;ind the Directorate ol Science and *Fec:inoingy.
Topics requiring more comprehensive treatment and therefore
publMect separately s Special Reports ine listed in !he
contents.
Warning Notice
Sensitive Intelligence Sources and Methods !nvolved
Additional Warning
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
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24 Argentina: Lull in Terrorism
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ARGENTINA: LULL IN TERRORISM
Terrorist activity has fallen off in recent
weeks, in large part because of a successful gov-
ernment crackdown. Left-wing revolutionaries are
on the defensive and reportedly are considering
alternative tactics. Despite this slackening in vio-
lence, the continuing warfare between the left
and right remains a serious problem for the Peron
government.
Widespread arrests, effective joint operations
by military and police forces, and an apparent
change in the psychological climate are causing
the terrorists to retrench and take stock of their
situation. The People's Revolutionary Army�the
major terrorist group�met recently with several
Trotskyist and radical student organizations to
discuss plans for a political alliance that would
serve as a nucleus for a broader based coalition of
leftist revolutionary parties.
There are other signs that the terrorists
be digging in for a protracted period.
the People's Revolu-
tionary Army hopes to form ties with the moder-
ately leftist Intransigent Party, a legally recog-
nized organization headed by outspokenly anti-
US Oscar Alende. Alende's party belongs to a
political front that includes the orthodox Com-
munist Party of Argentina. These parties have
opposed extreme leftist violence and have gener-
ally given conditional support to the Peronist
government. They would probably resist over-
tures from groups committed to armed revolu-
tion.
Although these moves appear to signal a
switch in emphasis from military to political strat-
egy, there is no indication that the terrorists in-
tend to abandon completely the campaign of kid-
napings and armed attacks that has become their
trademark. They will probably continue to use
these tactics to raise funds and to demonstrate
their active commitment to armed struggle.
The army, meanwhile, has reportedly
!earned the location of key guerrilla encampments
in the northwestern province of Tucuman, and
plans are under way for a major sweep of the
area. Tucuman, the birthplace of the People's
Revolutionary Army, has been a base for rural
insurgency and the training of urban terrorist
squads. If security forces can severely cripple the
Tucuman stronghold, they will have moved a long
way toward weakeninn thp entirp nrga n iza-
tion.
Security precautions
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